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Nah,,,, Flagpole Hill was for "rumbles" between the "silk stocking boys" and the "Lakewood rats".( Highland Park vs Woodrow Wilson)
Showed up there many times. Mostly puffery and blustery name calling.
Also for "flexy" racing down the steep asphalt road from the top down to Northwest Highway.
Ahhhh Memories still flowing,,,,,amazing.
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Remember boils, and lancing them?
Actually using a piece of thread to pull out the core.
I haven't heard of boils since my childhood.
Anyone getting boils anymore??
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mrchuck
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The hail stones gets the rings because the small ones drop due to gravity, getting above 32 degrees, melting some, and then the up-drafts take this hail stone upwards to colder areas thus freezing it again.
and THIS ACTION MAKES THE RINGS EVERY TIME IT GOES THRU THIS VERTICAL CYCLE.
This is your physics lesson for today.,,,,,,mc
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mrchuck
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When the sun was shining and it was raining.
That is what my grandmother would say, and as you know,,,, it was the truth.
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mrchuck
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I was raised the same way with the gas heaters in the bathroom to keep you warm in the morning.
I stoked the fireplace every evening and got it burning before nightfall.
Sitting on the toilet with a gas heater in front of you.
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I drove on Preston Road a month ago, by Volk's,,, and I saw the outline of that window. It had rained earlier and the stucco was wet.
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mrchuck
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"The devil and his wife are fighting".
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mrchuck
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Rubber and natural gas did not work well!
Great post cards! Loved them.
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mrchuck
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Hello mellow Jax little Darling,,,your the beer for me,, I sang this jingle in the 2nd grade when Mrs Smith asked her students to stand and sing their favorite song.
This was in 1943.
Today, I have a Grand Prize bottlle opener on my car ignition ring.
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mrchuck
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In 1961, there was a very small restaurant on Oak Lawn, and believe the name was Mrs. " T's". Even had a few stools on the outside sidewalk. There special was a marinated steak, small, but super flavor.
I ate there every night for 4 months.
Then, I would go up Oak Lawn to the big hotel, turn right, and there was a bar, "bottle club", where you kept your bottle in a "gym
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mrchuck
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Well, too old for rock,,,but the "first concert" I saw was at Texas A&M in 1956,, and it was the Kingston Trio !!!
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mrchuck
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Boy Howdy, do I remember the army/navy surplus store in the Knox/Henderson area.
Once a week I went there.
Bought foxhole shovel, combat backpack,canteen,web belt, etc.
All of kids in my neighborhood fought the WW11 all over again along the bottoms of Turtle Creek where the streets ended in Highland Park.
Junior marines we were.
I was not scared to enter the storm drains that had 4'diameter
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Yes, I had the DMN in the morning, and the DTH in the afternoon.
I made approx 40 dollars a month on DMN and 25 on the DTH.
That was really good money for me. I bought a used Cushman scooter with it.
I walked my routes though. The 5am time was scary during the "nude dude" times where there was a "rapist" going thru windows in homes.
I once got stopped as they thought I was
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I am a Texas A&M Graduate,,,Class of 1960.
The Corps enrollment was 7,200 during my tenure.
All male, all Corps,,,, except for "off campus" married.
The mantra was developing Officers for the Military, and Graduates for Industry.
I visit the campus from time to time, and the memories flow back energizing this old war fighter, now 74 years old.
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Yes, the 3700 block of Potomac in Highland Park had several homes with basements.
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I remember a SAMMY"S restaurant on Preston Rd close to the Catholic church, Holy Trinity..
Yes, Sammy's, pretty ritzy, but took a date there.
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mrchuck
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I remember that rink well, as many from my schools (grade, junior,& high) went there. Loved the machines where you could pick up things in the lobby. I was not a good skater, but liked a girl who scated well.
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mrchuck
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God Bless our TEXAS ancestors and heroes for "standing up and be counted"!!!
They constructed this State with their heroism and bravery, and as a Native Born Texan,,, I would of done EXACTLY the same thing! Charles Meredith,,,,Gun Barrel City, TEXAS.
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mrchuck
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Flashback memories of Friendly Chevrolet and Roscoe White's BBQ drive in came in clear after your post.
"Thank You"
An epic decision was made by me there, during the1958 summer, as my "girlfriend" wanted me to quit college, marry her, as she massaged my manhood parts,and go buy a black 1958 Chevrotet Impala convertible that was on the showroom floor.
We ate on a regular
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Oh YES, I remember the statue of embrace very well.
It wasa place you drove by with your "date", slowed down, stopped,,, studied it.
When you drove out, you were very near the Ebby Holliday Real Estate office on Preston Rd.
If you turned right on NWH, it was before the Lutheran Church on your right side.
I stopped there many times, and studied the statues.
I was working for "
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I remember taking the "Interurban" train car from Waxahachie to Dallas many, many, many times.
My family ties were in Waxahachie, then moved into Dallas during the "depression", and then returned to Waxahachie when the "depression" was over.
I understand now,,,, DeSoto is an all black population,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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mrchuck
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I miss the horned toad, lightning bugs, garter snakes, asps.
I expect the introduction of all the insecticides did all of them in.
I expect the hardest to kill off was the scorpion.
Ultralight always made them "glow".
Ants, I have inthe yard, and they are the hardiest of all, as I spray, shake the ant killer powders, and only stops them for a "season".
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I am not sure what is in the Honest Joe's pawn shop now.
I drive by the area, but as an old man now,,74,,, I do not look sideways to see what the adress is.
Sorry,,,,
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I just LOVED, Joe's pawn shop. We would ride the bus into downtown Dallas from Highland Park for 10 cents. There was always 3 or 4 of us to go see a moving picture. The Capitol had "racy" movies, and the bus stop had several stores that sold those Itaylian swithh blades, knife points stuck in a small wooden limb for display.
Of Course, Cullum & Boren WAS always a place to walk thru
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Ahhh yes,,,you could order a prayer cloth with an autographed picture of Jesus Christ.
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mrchuck
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As one of the "newer" old timers here, I have immensely enjoyed your postings and answers!
I say thank you and in the upcoming months of the new year, I sincerely hope that you will share more of your "remembrances and facts".
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mrchuck
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I used to mix the white margerine and add the yellow powder to it.
Started with a spoon in small amounts, and then used an electric mixer with a stand.
slowly the "mix" would turn yellow and really look like butter.
But it NEVER tasted the same on toast!
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I want to "thank " whomever it was that "cleaned" up this website and made it useable again.
I'm an "old fart" from Dallas and not able to do it.
So,,,,Thank you,,,,, mrchuck!!!
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mrchuck
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It was known that if one sent HL Hunt your graduation notice from Highland Park High School, that you would would receive a very nice gift from him. It was true!
When I was 12, I worked renting boats, in the summer, at White Rock Lake, just below his residence.
I would wave at him every day and he would always wave back.
One day, a nice servant came to me and asked if I would go back with him
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mrchuck
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You are in the area that I grew up in,,, 1938 to 1956. Never heard of a "burger house".
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mrchuck
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